A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey

Left-wing.
International Career : Played for the Slovakia in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Centre.
International Career : Played for the Slovakia in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Born in Moscow, USSR. Netminder.
International Career (playing) : Played for the USSR in the 1956 & 1960 Olympics and the 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 & 1960 World Championships.
International (coaching) Career : Coached the USSR in 1972 World Championships (assistant).
Club Career (playing) : Played for WS MVO Moscow 1949-53, CDSA Moscow 1953-54, CSK MO Moscow 1954-59, CSKA Moscow 1959-62 and SKA 1962-63.
Club Career (coaching) : Coached SKA 1963-73 & 1974-77 & 1978-80 & 2001-02. Coached SKA St Petersburg youth team 2002- .
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1956
Won Olympic bronze in 1960.
Won World Championship gold in 1954 & 1956.
Won World Championship silver in 1955, 1957, 1958 & 1959.
Won World Championship bronze in 1960.
Won World Championship silver in 1972 (assistant coach).
Won European Championship gold in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959 & 1960.
Won European Championship silver in 1957.
Honours : Elected to the Russian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004 (player)
Won the World Championship Best Goalkeeper Award in 1959.

i. Originally, hockey pucks were made of wood, then glued-together pieces of rubber. In Nova Scotia, from 1800 to the 1940s, there were lots of horse-drawn wagons on the streets. In freezing weather there were always lots of frozen well-formed horse droppings that the kids would use in street hockey. They called them horse-apples, horse-buns or horse-puckies.
ii. The modern puck is made of vulcanised rubber and is one inch (2.54 cm) thick and three inches (7.62 cm) in diameter. It weighs about 6 ounces. It is frozen for several hours before a game to minimise bouncing (see puck temperature). Some professional players regularly shoot the puck at speeds of 90-100 miles per hour. Speeds of up to 120 miles per hour have been recorded by some of the best shooters in ice hockey.
iii. The entire puck must cross the goal line for a goal to be scored.
iv. In 1900, Fred C Waghorne refereed a game where a puck split in two and one half ended up in the goal, after much deliberation he ruled it as 'no goal' because the official definition of a puck included specific dimensions and since the piece of rubber in the goal did not meet these specifications, it could not be a puck. He therefore instituted the rule that the entire puck must cross the line for a goal to count.
vi. Puck was the name of a short lived 16 page hockey magazine published in the UK during the 1982-83 season - there were five issues. The magazine was edited by Phil Drackett.

See "The Puck Starts Here"

Steve Antaya's well organised and comprehensive directory of hockey links on the web.

Pucks have to be kept in a frozen condition before a game. The host team is responsible for supplying sufficient pucks for a game. Most teams freeze 60 pucks before a game at around 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Then before each period, 20 of those pucks are brought to the rink, where they're kept chilled in buckets of ice until required.

A book by Adam Smith published in 1995.

Born in Siikajoki, Finland. Moved to Port Arthur, Canada with his parents.
International Career : Coached Canada in the 1936 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Port Arthur Bear Cats in 1924-26 and three NHL games for the Toronto St Patricks 1926-27. Coached Port Arthur Bear Cats in 1935-36.
Medals : Won Olympic silver in 1936 (coach).
Won the Allan Cup in 1925 and 1926.

See R W Pugh Award

Llivia, Gerona, Spain.
Home ice :
Team colours :
Honours : Won the Spanish Champioship in 1985-6 and 1988-89.

Club Career : Played for Ilves Tampere.
Honours : Won the Jarmo Wasama Trophy in 1997-98.

Born in Newton Robinson, Ontario, Canada. Left-wing.
Club Career : Played for Toronto Marlboros 1954-56, Toronto Maple Leafs 1956-70 and Los Angeles Kings 1970-73. Coached Los Angeles Kings 1972-77 and Chicago Blackhawks 1977-79, 1981-82 & 1984-88.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1962, 1963, 1964 & 1967.
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991.
Won the Jack Adams Award 1975.
NHL All-Star Roster 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964 & 1968.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Ottawa Silver Seven.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1903 (March), 1904, 1905 & 1906 (February).

When a team takes its goaltender off the ice and sends on an extra skater. This is usually done to try and score a goal that will tie a game. This will normally only happen in the closing minutes of a game.

Club Career : Played for Montreal Victorias.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1895.

Neminder.
International Career : Played for Great Britain 1973-81.
Club Career : Played for Fife Flyers 1976-77 & Murrayfield Racers 1978-80 and Fife Flyers 1980-81.
Medals : Won the Icy Smith Cup in 1976-77.
Won the Northern League 1976-77.
Won the Northern Autumn Cup 1976-77.
Won the Spring Cup in 1976-77.
Honours : Won the Pete Smith Bowl 1978-79 & 1979-80.

Born in Finland. Forward.
Club Career : Played for TK-V Tampere.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 (player).
Won the Best Hockey Player of Finland Trophy in 1960.
Won the Raimo Kilpiö Trophy in 1963-64.
SM-liiga All Star Team winger 1962, 1963 and 1964.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Kazakhstan in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Netminder.
Club Career : Played for Buffalo Sabres.
Honours : NHL All-Star Second Team 1989-90.

International Career : Played for Finland (Women) in the 1998 Olympics.

Defenceman. President of the Australian Ice Hockey Federation 1976-80.
International Career : Captain of Australia in the 1962 World Championships.

Club Career : Played for Ayr Scottish Eagles 1997-99.
Medals : Won the British Championship 1998.
Won the Superleague 1997-98.
Won the Benson and Hedges Cup 1997.
Won the Express Cup 1997-98.

Croydon, Surrey, England. Played in the English League Division 2 1933-34, the only year this rink competed in league hockey.
Home ice :
Team colours :

International Career : Played for Canada in the 1952 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Edmonton Mercurys 1951-52.
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1952.

International Career : Played for Great Britain (Junior) in 1981.
Club Career : Played for Whitley Bay.
Medals : Won European Championship (Junior) Pool C silver in 1981.

Born in Klagenfurt, Austria. Netminder.
International Career : Back-up goalie for Austria at the 1998 Olympics - did not play.
Club Career : Played for Klagenfurter AC.

See Andreas Pusnik

Honours : Elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.

Born in Feldkirch, Austria. Forward.
International Career : Played for Austria 1987- (including the 1988, 1994 & 1998 Olympics).
Club Career : Played for VEU Feldkirch.
Medals : Won the European Hockey League in 1997-98.
Won the Alpine League 1996-97.

Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Lethbridge Hurricanes 1989-93, Adirondack Red Wings 1993-95, Detroit Red Wings & Adirondack Red Wings 1995-96, Detroit Red Wings 1996-97, Detroit Red Wings & Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1997-98, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1998-99 and Dallas Stars 1999- .
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1997.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Montreal Canadiens.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1931.

Born in Klagenfurt, Austria. Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Austria in the 1990, 1991, 1992 & 1997 World Championship Pool B, the 1994 & 1998 Olympics and the 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999 & 2001 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Villacher SV.
Medals : Won World Championship Pool B bronze in 1990.
Won World Championship Pool B gold in 1992.
Honours : World Championship Pool B All-Star Team 1992.

Forward.
International Career : Played for Israel in the 2001-03 (Division II) World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Maalot.
Medals : Won World Championship Division II (Group B) silver in 2001.
Won World Championship Division II (Group A) bronze in 2002.

See Nikolai Puchkov

Centre.
International Career : Played for Estonia in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

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